Dublin town host street party for only Irishman playing at World Cup
Some scenes! Shamrock Rovers captain Roberto Lopes has been selected in Cape Verde’s World Cup squad to represent the African nation in their first-ever appearance at the tournament next month. The 33-year-old has been a mainstay in Bubista’s squad having featured in all of the Blue Shark’s World Cup qualifying fixtures. Lopes, who qualifies for […]
2 weeks ago
Outrage after Sadio Mane allowed to play on for 10 minutes after being knocked out
How was he allowed to continue playing? There was outrage during Senegal’s African Cup of Nations round of 16 match against Cape Verde after Sadio Mane was allowed to continue playing despite being knocked out. The Liverpool forward was out cold following a collision with the Cape Verde goalkeeper, which resulted in him being sent […]
4 years ago
League of Ireland star mistook AFCON call-up for LinkedIn spam message
Some way to get a call-up A defender from the League of Ireland heading to the Africa Cup of Nations has revealed that he originally mistook a call-up to the Cape Verde national football team for a spam message on LinkedIn. Roberto Lopes, who plays for Shamrock Rovers, first received a message from manager at […]
4 years ago
Portugal 0-2 Cape Verde: Someone tell Ronaldo this is not an April Fool’s Day joke
CR7 is going to hit the roof
12 years ago